Cartridge holder



Nov. 18, 1936. J. E. JovlNo CRTRIDGE HOLDER Filed Nov.

Patented Nov. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES JOHN B. JOVINO, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CARTRIDGE HOLDER Application filed November 8, 1928.

This invention relates to holders for cartridges, shells or fire arm ammunition of any kind or class; and the obj ect of the invention is to provide a holder which is so constructed as to support ammunition in a quickly accessible manner; a further object being to provide a holder for supporting a plurality of shells, cartridges or the like in a freely detachable manner with means for retaining the cartridges against accidental displacement; a further object being to provide means for supporting the cartridges in such manner as to project one end thereof above the holder when the retaining means is released to permit the quick grasping of the cartridges; a still further object being to provide means for supporting a holder in connection with a belt or other support and for supporting other articles in connection with said holder; and with these and other objects in View, the invention consists in a device of the class and for the purpose specified, which is simple in construction, efficient in use and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a. part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each 30 of the Views, and in which Fig. 1 is a front View of a part of the waist portion of a person, showing two of my improved cartridge holders, and illustrating the method of their use.

Fig. 2 is a front view of one of the holders shown in Fig. 1 with part of the construction broken away and in section and with other parts shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a partial section on the line 3"-3 of Fig. 2; and,

Fig. 4 is a partial section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Throughout the specification and claims, I will refer to the ammunition of firearms of any kind or class as cartridges, and this eX- pression is to include shells and the like. For the purpose of illustrating one method of carrying my invention into effect, I have shown 50 a cartridge holder 10 of a form adapted to be Serial No. 317,893.

mounted upon and adjusted longitudinally of a belt or similar strap-like support.

In the drawing, I have shown at 11 a belt of conventional forni which is passed around the waist of the wearer in the usual manner, the ends of the belt being secured by any form of buckle 12. In Fig. 1 of the drawing, I have shown two of my improved cartridge holders 1() arranged at the opposite side portions of the body ofthe wearer, and the one at the left as seen in Fig. 1, differs from the one seen at the right only in that the former includes a supplemental hand cuff supporting strap 13 having an aperturcd portion 14, through which the chain 15 of the hand cuff passes, whereas the crossheads 16 of the hand cuff are arranged within the loop formed in the strap member 13 in the manner clearly seen in the drawing, and the free end of the strap member is secured by a snap fastener as shown at 17. The strap member 13 may be secured to the back part of the holder 10 in any desired manner as will be apparent.

The body portion of the holder 10 in the construct'on shown is made from a single piece of comparatively thick leather, one end portion of which is slightly wider than the other end portion and folded centrally to form a pocket 18 composed of a front Wall 19, a back Wall 20 and a bottom wall 21. The sides of the pocket are brought together and secured adjacent the upper edges of the front and back Walls by rivets 22 and these rivets serve to support the ends of two sheet metal bands 23 and 24 with'n and to the pocket.

The other or narrow end portion 25 of the pocket extends from the back wall Q0 and forms a closure flap which is adapted to be folded over the open top end of the pocket and downwardly over the front wall 18 to retain the cartridges within and to the pocket and further to protect the cartridges against the weather. The iap 25 has one part 26 of a snap fastener adapted to engage the other part 2T thereof secured to the central portion of the front wall 18 adjacent the upper edge thereof. It will also be noted that the fastener 27 also serves to secure the central portions of the bands 23 and 24 to the front wall of the pocket and to retain complishment of this result.

said bands at the upper edge portion of the pocket.

It will also be noted that the back wall 2() of the pocket is provided with two vertical cuts 28 through which the belt l1 is adapted to pass for supporting the holder l0 upon said belt, one end7 of the strap being passed inwardly through one of the apertures or cuts 28 and then outwardly through the other cut so as to arrange a portion of the belt within the central portion of the pocket as clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 3 of the draw- 'glhis arrangement of supporting the holder 10 permits the outward flexing of the side portions of said holder with respect to the belt to facilitate the placement of the lingers of a hand around the cartridges, as later described The end portions of each of the bands 23 and: 24 are folded in Corrugated fashion to form a series of arc-shaped or semi-circular portions so that when bands are placed one upon the other, a plurality of substantially cylindrical chambers 29 are formed within and between the arc-shaped or semicircular portions of saidV bands. In the construction shown, three of the chambers 29 are formed at each end portion of said bands as clearly seen in Fig. 3 of the drawing so that six cartridges 30 may be supported in the holder 10, three at each end of the pocket formed in said holder.

By virture of this construction and the ability of outward flexing of the end portions of the holder l() with respect to the belt l1, the fingers 3l of a hand or the thumb 82 of a hand may be placed rearwardly of the projecting upper ends of the cartridges 3() to permit the quick Withdrawal or removal of the cartridges from the holder as indicated in Fig. l of the drawing. In this connection, it will be understood that the diameters of the chambers 29 will be preferably greater than the outside diameters of the cartridges 3() so that said cartridges are loosely supported in the holder' 10, and these cartridges will be supported with their upper ends projecting above the upper edge of the front wall 18 of the holder 10 by the engagement of the lower ends of the cartridges with the bottom wall 21 of the holder.

'llhese loosely supported cartridges are normally held against accidental displacement by the closure flap 25 and the engagement of the fastening devices Q6 and 2?. However, when it is desired to quickly reload a revolver or firearm of any kind or class, one hand of the operator may be used to release the closure flap 25 and three or more of the cartridges may be quickly removed f rom the holder and inserted into the iirearm by the use of one hand and without any resistance or exertion of force in the ac- While it is preferred that a group of three or more may be arranged in the holder, it will be understood that the entire group of cartridges may be removed in a single operation, unless the helder be extended entirely around the body of the wearer.

In this connectian, it will be understood that my invention is not limited to any particular type of closure or retaining means or to the manner cf fastening and unfastening such means, nor is my invention limited to the particular manner of supporting the cartrid'grs in connection with thi.` holder as herein disclosed as any quick, free and accessible means of supporting cartridges may be employed. Still further, my invention is not limited to any particular grouping of the cartridges, for example, groups of two, four, five or siX may be employed as it is possible for one hand of an operater to grasp six and possibly seven cartridges at one time, and especially cartridges of revolvers and similar small firearms, whereas in the large type of cartridges or shells, the number will be reduced.

I also wish to call attention to the fact that my .improved holder is constructed in a very simpl f, and economical manner and preferably without the use of stitchings of any kind or class, and by virtue of this fact, the production cost is materially reduced.

lVhile my invention is adapted primarily for use by policemen, detectives and officers, it will be apparent that the same may be used by soldiers, sailors and oiiicers in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and in like manner, the holder may be used by Sportsmen for limiting purposes, etc. and while I have shown and described certain uses of my invention and a specific structure for carrying the same into effect, it will be understood that I am not necessarily limited in these respects, and various changes in and modifications of the construction herein shown and described may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cartridge holder of the class described comprising an elongated pocket, the depth of said pocket being substantially less than the length of the cartridges to be inserted therein, means within said pocket for loosely supporting a plurality of cartridges in upright position and in a plurality of independent groups therein whereby the upper ends of said cartridges will project well above the top of said pocket, and means adapted to be arranged over said cartridges for retaining the same against accidental displacement whereby the removal of said means will eX- pose the projected ends of said cartridges to permit the grasping of a plurality thereof and the quick removal of said cartridges by virtue of their loose mounting within said pocket.

2. A cartridge holder of the class described comprising an elongated pocket, the depth of said pocket being substantially less than the length of the cartridges to be inserted therein, means Within said pocket for loosely supporting a plurality of cartridges in upright position and in a plurality of independent groups therein, whereby the upper ends of said cartridges will project Well above the top of said pocket, means adapted to be arranged over said cartridges for retaining the same against accidental displacement whereby the removal of said means will expose the projected ends of said cartridges to permit the grasping of a plurality thereof and the quick removal of said cartridges by virtue of their loose mounting Within the pocket, and means whereby said holder may be mounted in connection with a suitable support.

3. A cartridge holder of the class described comprising an elongated pocket, the depth of said pocket being substantially less than the length of the cartridges to be inserted therein, means within said pocket for loosely supporting a plurality of cartridges in upright position therein whereby the upper ends of said cartridges will project well above the top of said pocket, means adapted to be arranged over said cartridges for retaining the same against accidental displacement whereby the removal of said means will expose the proiz jected ends of said cartridges to permit the grasping of a plurality thereof and the quick removal of said cartridges by virtue of their loose mounting within said pocket, said cartridge supporting means comprising a strip of relatively stiff material arranged within and adjacent the upper edge of said pocket.

4. A cartridge holder of the class described comprising an elongated pocket, the depth of said pocket being substantially less than the length of the cartridges to be inserted therein, means within said pocket for loosely supporting a plurality of cartridges in upright position therein whereby the upper ends of said cartridges Will project well above the top fl of said pocket, means adapted to be arranged over said cartridges for retaining the same against accidental displacement whereby the removal of said means Will expose the projected ends of said cartridges to permit the grasping of a plurality thereof and the quick removal of said cartridges by virtue of their loose mounting Within said pocket, said cartridge supporting means comprising a strip of relatively stiff material arranged within and adjacent the upper edge of said pocket, and said strip being fashioned to form a plurality of cylindrical cartridge receiving chambers of a diameter greater than the diameter of the cartridges adapted to be inserted therein.

5. A cartridge holder of the class described comprising an elongated pocket, the depth of said pocket being substantiall less than the length of the cartridges to e inserted therein, means within said pocket for loosely supporting a plurality of cartridges 1n upright position and in a plurality of independent groups therein whereby the upper ends of said cartridges will project well above the top of said pocket, means adapted to be arranged over said cartridges for retaining the saine against accidental displacement whereby the removal of said means Will expose the projected ends of said cartridges to permit the grasping of a plurality thereof and the quick removal of said cartridges by virtue of their loose mounting Within said pocket, and means whereby said holder may be mounted in connection with a suitable support, said last named means being arranged centrally of the back of the holder to permit the outward flexing of the end portions of the holder with respect to the support, facilitating the grasping of the cartridges.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 5th day of Nov., 1928.

JOHN B. JOVINO. 

